I fear that you are correct.

Perhaps if people become desperate enough something might happen, but keeping people divided is a strategy to prevent resistance.

It seems like we are sliding closer everyday to George Orwell's 1984. I wonder when Hate Week starts . . .

yea… on top of it all I think we have reached a point where we no longer have politics but cultism. I have number of friends (smart, educated…) who voted for trump in 2024. I have carefully listened to their arguments in october of 2024 as to why and while I did not agree, I understood their reasoning. the arguments were well thought through and made sense.

fast forward 16 months later and literally every argument that was made (except one), not only did not pan out but the exact opposite has and is been happening.

the sane politics here would end up as “boy oh boy did we fuck this up, so much fucking up, my bad for october of 2024 when you had to listen what we believed in” but we no longer can have that, what we have is blind following of the supreme leader with an “excuse” for every fuckup (all along the “you can see the big picture and long term plan”…)